The official toll, presented in a report to lawmakers andpublished on the parliament's website, was a big jump over the last one givenyesterday by Interior Minister Moustafa Mohammad-Najjar, who spoke of 227 deadand 1,380 injured.
Vahid Dastjerdi said that, of the 306 deaths, hospitalmorgues counted 219 women and children and 49 men. The discrepancy with thetotal appeared to come from the fact that some of those killed were buried bytheir families before officials arrived at the scene.
She also said that, of the 3,037 injured, most -- 2,011 --were given first aid at the scene, while the remainder were taken to hospitalsfor treatment. Some 700 surgeries were performed, she said.
Two earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 6.3 on the moment magnitudescale rumbled through northwest Iran on Saturday, levelling mud brick andconcrete homes in villages to the northeast of the city of Tabriz.
Authorities called off rescue operations yesterday aftersaying all possible survivors had been recovered.
Vahid Dastjerdi said that "we are continuing the searchfor bodies."
